How to get your ministry ‘unstuck from an institutional system that is crushing it.
And how to rediscover the JOY of spending more time sharing the Gospel.
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How do we move forward as the church in a world where the institutional system is collapsing?
Not if it’s collapsing. Look at the numbers, look at the buildings, look at the clergy burning out, look at the budgets.
The mid-20th-century institutional model - one full-time minister, one building, a set of programs and committees, one set group of people supporting it all - is not going to make it. And if you’re in it right now, you already know.
The institution is probably not going to survive.
But the church will.
The Rev. Cathie Caimano (’Fr. Cathie’) is an Episcopal priest who set out on the adventure of being a Free Range Priest over a decade ago.
She’s spent a decade discovering ways we might move forward (and waybackward) as the church, freeing ourselves from the ‘cage’ of 20th century institutional systems while preserving and strengthening the worship, practice, and traditions of the Christian faith.
The result is ‘Cage Free Ministry Rubrics’: 12 guidelines and thought-provoking practical suggestions for getting ministry ‘unstuck’ in old patterns of organization and administration, and rediscovering the JOY of serving as we were called. Bringing church to people.
The rubrics are built around three ‘doors,’ each opening onto one facet of ministry:
The System: how we organize ourselves as the church.
The Community: what we do and believe as the church.
The Minister: how lay and ordained leaders serve God and the church together.
Each Rubric pairs a new Belief (the mindset shift) with a new Practice (real-life examples) and a Try This section, so you can apply it in your own context right away.
Whether you lead a tiny congregation wondering how much longer you can hang on, work a secular job to pay the bills, or dream of a more entrepreneurial way to share the faith, these rubrics meet you where you are.
It’s still ministry. It just tastes better.
At Free Range Priest, we’re bringing church to people.
Bite-sized ways that YOU can re-imagine ministry and get ‘unstuck’.
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